The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-16
GOSSIP ABOUT THE BOXERS.
~ sULZYTAN GOES ABROAD. AND II
HE STAYS At HOME

pe.s'uiet Necsarcy and Peter Netsa euiy
L.ehs.. ter . Pi.ee 70 gisss--sate M.
rails and Jsua srsith-Jaeh Deapsey May
&c - Ensisnd TO Fight Charley Mitchell
The Carney and McAunae Flight.
No coquette who ever drove lover wild
with despair at her fckleness was ever moro
vacillating Of mind than tho champion Of
champions, John L. Sullivan. First no will 10
to England. and then he won't; and then he 10
undecided. and then he won't again; and then
again he will 20. until people begin to believe
that no hardly knows his own mind. They will
hardly believe that he really intends crossing
the briny until they learn that he has actually
sailed and has not come back with the pilot
who took tho ship out II he docs 20. he will
probably make II pretty warm for Char
ley Mitchell. who. after the brave talk he
made here, could hardly refuse to meet John
In bis own barnyard. People who are well
posted and know the cunning nature OF Mitch
ell think that talk was made for the express
purpose Of coaxing the big fellow to the other
side Of tho Atlantic. Should the big fellow
challenge Mitchell over there, Scheming
Charley would accept and demand that the
fight DO with bare knuckles under London
prize ring rules. Sully could not refuse to &C.
cept the terms offered and then Charley would
ring side. and the Greenfield -Jem Smith busl-
ness would BE- repeated, II not thrown far into
best that John could hope to get would. be
s sti. and that would be substantially u
'iff3Ty tSr Charley hora h. vii, h.v. 70 altar
MS tune. and make II IN object for boxers to
Rsn GoWp ana bo mi No
WILLINGNESS, 70 meet him q very sqnitahle
Nolan In January. will no doubt be an1ious, to
test himself against the cock Of the walk. Mo-
s % Meet NOT VIE he chatter
yided sufficlent monetary Inducements are
SuiIy Win have to give. II be stays home as
against him in stake matches are as few and
John L: a the HiCerniyism may be par.
Sonsd is the MAUD y q boxers, inssmnch IS
money as she Gould Il H. Bonner Would per.
mt her to trot; in matches AGAINST time
to down the man with the sickle; but expert
snoe must have taught the big fellow that pub
f's he dEes q G psrs .sa
10 puts il; 10 WIN be compelled to give Up 80.
der to induce men to, become. hls Opponents.
The sooner he recoenizes this fact tho sooner
Is ID snpas
with that quality which the poet denoml-
q for he h"s
tations to battle with him again; Dominick
was consequently compelled to look elssY where
Sa Is aS had fssr
made overtures to him. Peter proved rs will!n'
as Bsrk.s. and now about the only thing TO bs
Be brought OF 10 Cincinnati. Peter would
prefer to have 1t take place near his home but
Counters thsre. he thinks that ,thers would Be
more money In MeCalirey's old home. Pitts.
the boy Who was alter the woodchuck. IL out
Of meat, and he is indifferent rs TO whore he
goes or whom be fghts. provided there Is
than ever saw him ooP beiors and a he cam Se
depended upon to keep the flies OF any one hs
sT GOOD
doubtless they will. Peter may, not be, 50
scientific, as some OF the ,pugilistic stars, but
and Instantly aware Of the fact. =,
There is nothing new to report In the Kilrain
a Sn sss9ss that Rs SaS A ha pss
American boy hope that he may be right,
s sf st
and easily got away with the three opponents
B Sss s 50 mncb hs g 1hs ss
visor, and form that his admirers are in rap
lures, and predict the easiest Of victories for
Mcaee e and Y JOHNNY Reagan. Confess that
hardly thought Jack would round to SO soon:
but his admirers must remember that the men
he Is engaged to tackle are far superior In cal-
ibre to the lads he met last week. and that Jack
will wan, to be Us fine az silk to do them IN o
city told me yesterday that he would endeavor
the Kilrain-smith fight He thinks that there
months tour through England. and that the
nobs over there would contributea $500 purse
snd VIII jack shsa eRansy
Mitchell. Dempsey's style Of fighting is much
more likely to please English connoisseurs OF
there Is no doubt that a trip Of the kind pro-
weud o
would meet Charley Mitchell in q twenty
foot ring. and what an excitement such a con-
%oad 70 sss ahS
dozen would not go 20 see the coming inter-
e we're n s tas sttss
that Sullivan has.
Carney va and Jack McAalifIe meeting in a ring
isat week q Jerome RaIt races and found II,
admirers would like to have him: but he told
me he was picking up strength very rapidly.
that 10 eSS 81 s %sn e a pa,
battle arrived.
"At 81! eysn.s;r he lsugghinEly observed. -!
heart" Said Joe Ullman, one OF his hackers:
Sc Jack Will be all right. He has got rid OF his |
maIarial attack, and he now ieels his strength |
coming back every minute. He is the quickest |
man on his legs In the ring. and no man can |
make him fight whom he doesn't want to. II
Carney lives to make him come to him he will |
wake up hornet s nest. You'll ses II l am not |
telling you true" OF course, Carnev's friends !
barring tho shouting. and 1t must be admitted |
that they have good reasons for believing that |
II Carney can whip him when well, he should |
but In prize fighting. as In ball playing or horse
racing. the fayorites do not always win. Mo- |
AuIiffe may disappoint both friends and enc |
mics and prove himselfa wonder. Who knowsf |